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Locusts in West Africa
Though the locust situation was calm in West Africa at the beginning of August 2008, conditions were ripe for a major outbreak.
Event Date: 2008-07-01 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Crops & Drought
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Drought in the Fertile Crescent
One of the worst droughts in the past decade settled heavily over the Fertile Crescent region of Iraq and Syria in the winter of 2007-2008.
Event Date: 2008-05-07 00:00:00
Number of Images: 2
Topic: Crops & Drought
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Record Crops in India
With the harvest in the spring of 2008, India was set to produce a record rice and corn crop.
Event Date: 2008-04-05 00:00:00
Number of Images: 2
Topic: Crops & Drought
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Drought in Ethiopia
Drought crept over Ethiopia after the failure of rains in October and November 2007.
Event Date: 2008-03-20 00:00:00
Number of Images: 2
Topic: Crops & Drought
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Locusts in East Africa
For the first time since 1961, locusts invaded Kenya in late 2007, taking advantage of an unusually ample food supply.
Event Date: 2007-11-20 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Crops & Drought
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Locusts in Sudan
Plenty of water and unusually thick vegetation allowed potentially dangerous locust swarms to develop in Sudan in October and November 2007.
Event Date: 2007-11-10 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Crops & Drought
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Drought in Australia
August 2007 brought little rain to relieve a multi-year drought in southern Australia.
Event Date: 2007-08-28 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Crops & Drought
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Drought in the Pacific Northwest
As summer headed toward fall in 2007, much of the United States was experiencing drought. Vegetation conditions in the Northwest were mostly average or below average in late August 2007.
Event Date: 2007-08-13 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Crops & Drought
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Drought in Moldova
Persistent hot, dry weather across southeastern Europe during the summer of 2007 left Moldova in its worst drought in living memory.
Event Date: 2007-07-28 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Crops & Drought
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Texas Greenup
The grassy plains of Texas burst to life in response to one of the wettest Junes on record in 2007.
Event Date: 2007-06-20 00:00:00
Number of Images: 1
Topic: Crops & Drought
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